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Cryostatic device for a radiation detector
Assignee: Societe Anonyme de Telecommunications SAT
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Filing: 1989-10-11
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Granted: 1991-02-26
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Expires: 2009-10-11
Abstract
Abstract A cryostatic device is divulged for radiation detectors, disposed at the end of a cooled finger. A case, transparent to the radiation to be detected, at least in the vicinity of the detector, forms about the finger and the detector a heat insulating enclosure. An electric circuit brings the detected signal(s) outside the enclosure and radially immobilizes the end of the finger with respect to said case, because its substrate is a disk fast both with said case and with the end of the finger.
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Rouquier
- 👤 Michel Pele
- 👤 Andre Ic
- 👤 Pierre Crestey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:06
CPC Classifications
F; F25; F25D; F25D19/00; F25D19/006; G; G01; G01J; G01J5/00; G01J5/02; G01J5/06; G01J5/061; H; H10; H10F; H10F77/00; H10F77/60; H10F77/93; H10W; H10W40/00; H10W40/30; H10W40/305; H10W72/00; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/884
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A cryostatic device for a radiation detector, comprising: (a) a cooled finger extending along an axis and having an end supporting at least one detector for detecting radiation and for generating a signal indicative of the detected radiation; (b) a case surrounding said finger and said detector and transparent to said radiation at least in the vicinity of said detector, said case forming about said finger and said detector a heat insulating enclosure; and (c) feed-through means for conveying said signal from the detector outside said enclosure, including (i) a disk made from an electrically insulating material, and extending in a plane perpendicular to the axis of said finger, said disk having a central portion fixed to said end of the finger and a peripheral portion fixed to said case, said peripheral portion passing through and beyond said case for radially immobilizing said end of the finger with respect to said case, and (ii) a plurality of conductors supported by said disk for conveying said signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A cryostatic device for a radiation detector, comprising: (a) a cooled finger extending along an axis and having an end supporting at least one detector for detecting radiation and for generating a signal indicative of the detected radiation; (b) a case surrounding said finger and said detector and transparent to said radiation at least in the vicinity of said detector, said case forming about said finger and said detector a heat insulating enclosure; and (c) feed-through means for conveying said signal from the detector outside said enclosure, including (i) a disk made from an electrically insulating material, and extending in a plane perpendicular to the axis of said finger, said disk having a central portion fixed to said end of the finger and a peripheral portion fixed to said case, said peripheral portion passing through and beyond said case for radially immobilizing said end of the finger with respect to said case, and (ii) a plurality of conductors supported by said disk for conveying said signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said material is rigid and wherein said disk has a center and a plurality of slits, said slits extending circumferentially along arcs of concentric circles centered on the center of said disk and being spaced radially apart to form heat-transfer-resistant baffles between said central portion and said peripheral portion of the disk.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the material of said disk is selected from a group consisting of zirconia, glass, quartz, forsterite, ceramic and vitro-ceramic of MACOR (registered trademark) type.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
78 words
The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said disk has opposite faces, and wherein a glass layer is disposed on each face of the disk, at least in said peripheral portion of the disk; and wherein said case is made from a metal alloy with a temperature expansion coefficient close to that of glass, at least in the zone where said peripheral portion passes through the case, and wherein each glass layer is welded to said case.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The device as claimed in claim 1; and further comprising electronic components for processing the signal disposed on said disk, inside said enclosure.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The device as claimed in claim 5, wherein said electronic components include electro-optical couplers, and wherein said conductors include optical conductors.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The device as claimed in claim 1; and further comprising electronic components for processing the signal disposed on said disk, outside said enclosure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said central portion of the disk has a recess, and wherein said detector is bonded directly to said finger.
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